Shade exhibitor and depository



(No Model.)

J. DAEHLER. SHADE EXHIBITOR AND DEPOSITORY.

No. 510,960. Patented 1360.19, 1893..

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JOHN DAEHLER, OF BLACKBURN, INIISSOURI.`

SHADE EXHIBITORYAND DEPOSITORY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 510,960, dated December 19, 1893,

Application filed April 20, 1893. Serial No. 471,066. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAEHLER, of Blackburn, Saline county, Missouri, have iuvented certain new and useful Improvements in ShadeExhibitorsand Depositories,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates toixnprovements in curtain display cabinets, and the objects of myinvention are to provideacabinet in which a variety of curtains may be displayed, and also to provide in the lower portion of said cabinet a number of depositories or compartments in which a number of each kind of curtains displayed is kept in stock.

'A further object of my invention is to provide a cabinet of ornamental and attractive appearance, and in which the display curtains may be unrolled to be viewed, and also in which the curtains in stock may be easily accessible; and also to provide sliding Windows and doors by which said cabinet is closed when desired; furthermoreto provide a curtain display cabinet which is simple, strong, durable and comparatively inexpensive of construction.

With these objects iuview, my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described Y and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l, represents a perspective view of a curtain display cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is 'a vertical sectional view of the same, taken on the' line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a horizontal sec tional view' 'taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

y Fig. 4, is a detail sectional view showing the upon the upper side of thelower angular portion 1 isa skeleton frame 2, which is open, in front, and which is provided with windows of glass 3 in its sides. The lower portion of the cabinet is divided longitudinally bythe vertical partition 4, extending from end to end, and the spaces formed at the front and rear of said vertical partition 1l are subdivided into as many compartments or depositories 5 as there are display curtains, as hereinafter referred to; and being about equal in depth to or greater than, the length ofan ordinary cu rtain roller,`and are designed for the reception of a number of curtain rollers as hereinafter referred to. A vertical partition Wall 6 is also arranged longitudinally of the lower portion 1 of the cabinet and extends from end to end thereof. being of equal height with the par- .tition 7 is preferably rounded at 8, the object of which will be hereinafter described.

Formed at the upper ends of the partitions ai, 6 and 7 in the inner sides of the vertical end walls of the cabinet, are the horizontal and transversely extending grooves 9, which connect at their rear end with the vertical grooves 10 extending downward in'said side :walls to the Vlower end of the vertical partitions 7 as shown in Fig. 2; these grooves communicating'with the guide space formed beftween the rear'wall of the cabinet and the Vvertical partition 7.

The roller top 11 composed in the usual manner of strips 12 secured together by flexible bands 13, rests in. its normal position in the horizontal grooves 9 in each end Wall of the cabinet, and closes the open upper end of the compartments or depositories 5. This roller top l1 is provided with a handle 14 at its front and upper side by which it may be pushed back, and being flexible-will pass around the curved end S of the partition 7, and down into the guide space formed by the rear Wall of the cabinet and the vertical partition 7, until the handle 14C comes in contact IOS with the rear wall ot' the cabinet and the upper end of the vertical partition 7. It will thus be seen that thc roller-top may be made to uncover or cover the compartments or depositories 5 from view.

Journaled in the pendent walls 14:a located aslight distance inward of the end walls of the cabinet, and above lthe upper ends of the windows 3 preferably, are the rollers of a nuInber of display curtains 15, there being one display curtain of each kind or color manufactured or in general use. The display curtains correspond in number to the compartments or depositories, which are each designed to receive a stock of one of the kinds or colors of the curtains displayed. These curtains for display are preferably arranged as shown in the drawings, the first curtain being exposed for only a short portion of its length, while the next and all succeeding curtains are a1'- ranged so as to be exposed below the lower end of the preceding or curtain in front of it.

It will thus be seen that a person glancing at the cabinet may see and compare the various kinds and colors of curtains and be able to decide more readily and satisfactorily upon the curtain'desired than in the ordinary Way, and also without injuring the curtains by taking them in his hands and unrolling them.

There can of course be used any number of curtains and any number of depositories or compartments without departing from the essential spirit ot' myinvention, but I prefer to use about sixteen compartments or depositories, this being about the number of different or dierent colored curtains in generaluse. 1n practice, I shall, beginning with the front or outermost curtains number them consecutively as 1, 2, 3, &c., and shall also number the compartments or depositorios to correspond, that is, if display curtain No. 5 is yellow', the compartment or depository containing stoclr curtains of a similar shade shall be numbered 5 also.

To prevent dust from getting into the cabinet and also to close the same when not in use, I provide asliding-window which is composedof a sash 16 having handles 17 and in which a glass 18 is securedin the usual way. In its normal or closed position, this sash occupies the space formed by the vertical partition 6 and the front wall of the'cabinet as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to raise the same so as to close the upper portion of the cabinet, cords 19 are secured at their lower ends to the opposite ends of the top-rail ot' the sash exteudingvthence upwardly in a vertical direction over the guide pulley 20 in the u pper portion of the cabinet., and thence l1or1zontally and rearwardly through the rear wall of the cabinet and over the suitably supported guide pulley 21, and having their lower ends attached to counter balance weights 22;.these weights 22 being designed when the window is raised to support it in its closed posltion, and when the window is pulled down to rest in position shown in Fig. 2. p

From the above description, it will be seen that I have produced a curtain display ca binet, which is ornamental in appearance, 1n which agreat variety of curtains may be dlsplayed, and in which a stock of each variety of curtains displayed may be kept conveniently at hand; also a cabinet which issimple, strong, durable and comparatively inexpensive of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A 1. In a curtain display cabinet, the combination with an upper portion having an open front, and a number of display curtains pendent-ly secured therein to expose a portion'V of each, of the lower portion having a vertical guide-space in'its inner front side, a window iitting therein, guide pulleys carried by the upper portion, and flexible connections secured to* the window and guided over said.v pulleys, and counter-balance weights secured to the opposite ends of said flexible connections and adapted when the windowis raised to close the open side of the cabinet, to supportit in such position, substantially as set forth.

2. A curtain display cabinet, comprisinga lower portion provided with a'number of vertical compartments, and a sliding cover therefor, and an upper portion provided with windows in its sides and having an open front, and a sliding window carried by the lower portion andl adapted to close the front` 0E the upper portion, and means to hold thel window in such elevated position, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I atx my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DAEHLER.

Witnesses:

G. S. MARTIN, J. P. ME'rcALF.

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